How ageing processes influence cancer

@article{Magalhes2013HowAP,
  title={How ageing processes influence cancer},
  author={Jo{\~a}o Pedro de Magalh{\~a}es},
  journal={Nature Reviews Cancer},
  year={2013},
  volume={13},
  pages={357-365}
}

• João Pedro de Magalhães
• Published 2013 in Nature Reviews Cancer
• DOI:10.1038/nrc3497

The ageing of populations worldwide is leading to an unprecedented increase in cancer cases and fatalities. Understanding the links between cancer and ageing is therefore more important than ever. How the interplay of ageing-associated changes affects cancer initiation and progression is complex, however, and some ageing processes probably foster cancer development whereas others hinder it, possibly in a tissue-specific manner. In the emerging age of cancer, how can our growing understanding of… CONTINUE READING

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